BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – A leader of a group opposing the communist movement was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental yesterday.
Vivencio Aguilar, president of KADRE, was in a tricycle when he was killed in Barangay 2, according to Maj. Mark Angelo Junco, officer-in-charge of the San Carlos City police.
Aguilar died at the scene due to a gunshot to the head.
The assailant fled in a waiting motorcycle.
Police have yet to determine the motive for the killing of Aguilar, who was reportedly a police informer.